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Time to talk about asset classes: MTAA Super

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 JAN 2007
... debate about historical pigeon holing of assets," said Watson. Watson said the problem is exacerbated when managed fund researchers try to apply standard research templates to more progressive super funds when doing research for financial planners. "We ...

Absolute returns not high risk

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 NOV 2006
... are increasing their weightings to absolute returns but inconsistency in how they describe their risk weightings to researchers compared to how they disclose them to members in PDS makes it difficult to easily factor in these risk weightings changes ...

AFA conference raises $45,000 for MS research

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 3 NOV 2006
... the conference. "This allows MSRA to now establish a PhD scholarship for one of Australia's brightest young medical researchers. He or she will be chosen by MSRA's Research Council from the best candidates available to start their research in early 2007 ...

BlackRock expands distribution team

HAMISH MADDEN  |  FRIDAY, 3 NOV 2006
... Williams has been promoted to NSW state manager and Suzie Smith has stepped into a new role as business analyst - researchers and platforms. Joining BlackRock, Matthew Aspinall will take up a role as relationship manager - researchers and platforms while ...

Less confusion, more clarity on managed accounts: IMAP

... cultivating a relationship with the regulators and a proposed education program to help financial advisers, dealer groups, researchers and prospective employees learn more about managed accounts. The association hopes to have the consistent set of definitions ...

Perpetual adds four to wholesale team

HAMISH MADDEN  |  MONDAY, 18 SEP 2006
... Perpetual from JP Morgan Asset Management. Walsh and Pence will assume responsibility for managing relationships with researchers and asset consultants. The appointments of Walsh and Pence follow the recruitment of two senior institutional relationship ...

DFA funds "holy grail" research on Aussie equities

... Business School's head Professor Tim Brailsford, Monash University's Professor Robert Faff and their team of about 80 researchers are working on the project. Their aim is to build a "deep, accurate database" that will allow the back-testing of simulated ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  TUESDAY, 12 SEP 2006
... 20 days although some take six months. The Australian economy can rejoice in the announcement by Sydney University researchers who have slowed the speed of light in a controlled fashion for the first time in history. Professor Benjamin Eggleton said ...

Age and marriage trigger retirement planning: AXA

... School of Management (MGSM) to find out what motivates people to start saving for their retirement. Under the study, researchers spoke to 55 participants separated into eight focus groups based on age, gender and marital status. The results reinforced ...

DeAM chases alpha in fixed income

KATE HAGE  |  TUESDAY, 29 AUG 2006
... targeted fund to be the first of many in the market. "We created this product on demand from financial advisers and researchers who are seeking a higher yielding fixed income product with regular distributions that aims to withstand fluctuations in credit ...